List of The Simpsons couch gags

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The following is a list of couch gags seen on The Simpsons.

Contents

Season 1

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
1 December 17, 1989 n/a due to cold opening "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" 7G08
2 January 14, 1990 The family sits; Bart gets shot up in the air, then falls when the scene cuts to the TV credits. (This is the only time the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV.) "Bart the Genius" 7G02
3 January 21, 1990 The family sits; the couch falls apart under their weight, leaving them sitting on cushions on the floor. "Homer's Odyssey" 7G03
4 January 28, 1990 The family sits; Homer is squeezed off and lands on the floor with a thud. "There's No Disgrace Like Home" 7G04
5 February 4, 1990 n/a due to shortened opening sequence "Bart the General" 7G05
6 February 11, 1990 The family sits; Maggie is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame, but Marge catches her as she falls back down. (This couch gag also appears in the arcade game.) "Moaning Lisa" 7G06
7 February 18, 1990 Everyone sits on the couch; nothing happens. (Meant to be first couch gag in production order) "The Call of the Simpsons" 7G09
8 February 25, 1990 repeat of 7G02's gag "The Telltale Head" 7G07
9 March 18, 1990 n/a due to shortened opening sequence "Life on the Fast Lane" 7G11
10 March 25, 1990 repeat of 7G03's gag "Homer's Night Out" 7G10
11 April 15, 1990 repeat of 7G04's gag "The Crepes of Wrath" 7G13
12 April 29, 1990 repeat of 7G06's gag "Krusty Gets Busted" 7G12
13 May 13, 1990 repeat of 7G09's gag "Some Enchanted Evening" 7G01

Season 2

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
14 October 11, 1990 The family sits on the couch and the couch falls through the floor. Homer yells, “D’oh!” "Bart Gets an F" 7F03
15 October 18, 1990 Everyone is in a line in front of the couch and does a “Walk Like An Egyptian” style shuffle, then jumps on the couch with their arms in a “ta-da” pose. "Simpson and Delilah" 7F02
16 October 25, 1990 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror" 7F04
17 November 1, 1990 The family sits down and the couch folds into a bed. "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" 7F01
18 November 8, 1990 The family (except for Maggie) sits on the couch; Maggie then peeks her head out of Marge’s tall hair. "Dancin' Homer" 7F05
19 November 15, 1990 The pets (Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball II) join the family on the couch. "Dead Putting Society" 7F08
20 November 22, 1990 Grampa is asleep on the couch and gets startled awake when the family comes in. "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" 7F07
21 December 6, 1990 Homer tips the couch over on its side and Maggie sits on a fallen couch cushion. "Bart the Daredevil" 7F06
22 December 20, 1990 The family comes in and finds the couch missing. "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" 7F09
23 January 10, 1991 Homer squeezes everyone off the couch one by one until he has the couch all to himself. "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" 7F10
24 January 24, 1991 The couch falls over backwards; Maggie peeks from behind. "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" 7F11
25 January 31, 1991 repeat of 7F03's gag (only Homer doesn't yell, "D'oh!" when the couch falls through the floor) "The Way We Was" 7F12
26 February 7, 1991 repeat of 7F02's gag "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" 7F13
27 February 14, 1991 repeat of 7F01's gag "Principal Charming" 7F15
28 February 21, 1991 repeat of 7F05's gag "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" 7F16
29 March 7, 1991 repeat of 7F08's gag "Bart's Dog Gets an F" 7F14
30 March 28, 1991 repeat of 7F07's gag "Old Money" 7F17
31 April 11, 1991 repeat of 7F06's gag "Brush with Greatness" 7F18
32 April 25, 1991 repeat of 7F09's gag "Lisa's Substitute" 7F19
33 May 2, 1991 repeat of 7F10's gag "The War of the Simpsons" 7F20
34 May 9, 1991 repeat of 7F11's gag "Three Men and a Comic Book" 7F21
35 July 11, 1991 repeat of 7F03's gag "Blood Feud" 7F22

Season 3

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
36 September 19, 1991 The family sits; the couch tips over backwards and crashes into the back wall. "Stark Raving Dad" 7F24
37 September 26, 1991 The family sits on the couch; Homer pulls a distressed Santa’s Little Helper out from under him. "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" 8F01
38 October 3, 1991 repeat of 7F02's gag "When Flanders Failed" 7F23
39 October 10, 1991 The family forms a human pyramid on the couch with Maggie on top. "Bart the Murderer" 8F03
40 October 17, 1991 A space alien is on the couch with a drink in hand. Before the family can come in, it escapes through a trap door in the floor. The family comes in and sits as normal. "Homer Defined" 8F04
41 October 24, 1991 Everyone (except for Bart) sits on the couch. Bart comes in moments later and lies stretched out on everyone’s laps. "Like Father, Like Clown" 8F05
42 October 31, 1991 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror II" 8F02
43 November 7, 1991 Homer lies stretched out on the couch and everyone else comes in and sits on him. "Lisa's Pony" 8F06
44 November 14, 1991 Everyone sits on the couch, and falls in with their legs behind their heads. "Saturdays of Thunder" 8F07
45 November 21, 1991 Two burglars are in the process of carrying off the couch; The Simpsons come in and sit, but the burglars throw them off and leave with the couch. "Flaming Moe's" 8F08
46 December 5, 1991 Santa’s Little Helper is asleep on the couch. When the family comes in, he growls ferociously, causing them to back away slowly. "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" 8F09
47 December 26, 1991 The family (except Maggie, who hops after failing to do a proper cartwheel) cartwheels to the couch and lands with a “ta-da” pose. "I Married Marge" 8F10
48 January 9, 1992 The family sits on the couch and end up bouncing over and under each other until they're in completely different places on the couch. "Radio Bart" 8F11
49 January 23, 1992 repeat of 8F01's gag "Lisa the Greek" 8F12
50 February 6, 1992 repeat of 8F03's gag "Homer Alone" 8F14
51 February 13, 1992 repeat of 8F04's gag "Bart the Lover" 8F16
52 February 20, 1992 The family runs to the couch, but knocks themselves unconscious in the process. Maggie (the only one who isn’t knocked out) ends up on the couch. "Homer at the Bat" 8F13
53 February 27, 1992 repeat of 8F05's gag "Separate Vocations" 8F15
54 March 12, 1992 repeat of 8F06's gag "Dog of Death" 8F17
55 March 26, 1992 repeat of 8F07's gag "Colonel Homer" 8F19
56 April 9, 1992 repeat of 8F08's gag "Black Widower" 8F20
57 April 23, 1992 repeat of 8F09's gag "The Otto Show" 8F21
58 May 7, 1992 repeat of 7F24's gag "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" 8F22
59 August 27, 1992 repeat of 8F10's gag "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" 8F23

Season 4

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
60 September 24, 1992 The Flintstones (Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles) are on the couch. When the Simpsons come in, Fred smiles at Homer and invites him to sit. "Kamp Krusty" 8F24
61 October 1, 1992 The family sits on the couch; the couch then swallows them up as it transforms into a monster. "A Streetcar Named Marge" 8F18
62 October 8, 1992 The Simpsons sit on the couch; the wall spins around, leaving behind an empty couch. "Homer the Heretic" 9F01
63 October 15, 1992 Maggie is already on the couch; Homer, Marge, and Bart run off the edge of the film onto an empty white space and quickly run back. Lisa jumps in at the last minute. "Lisa the Beauty Queen" 9F02
64 October 29, 1992 The Simpsons are now skeletons who rush to the couch and sit as normal. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror III" 9F04
65 November 3, 1992 The Simpsons sit on the couch; the couch deflates like a balloon. "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" 9F03
66 November 05, 1992 The family’s heads are mismatched; Everyone undoes the mistake by taking back their proper heads and Maggie takes her pacifier out of Homer’s mouth. "Marge Gets a Job" 9F05
67 November 12, 1992 repeat of 7F03's gag "New Kid on the Block" 9F06
68 November 19, 1992 The couch is replaced by a small wooden chair; the family sits on it. "Mr. Plow" 9F07
69 December 3, 1992 As the standard theme music stops, the family forms a chorus line, joined by a line of Rockettes-like women, all high-kicking to a Vegas-like rendition of the main theme melody. The living room walls are lifted to make way for a large production number, featuring hand-standing elephants, magicians, Santa's Little Helper leaping through a ring of fire, and more all set to circus style music. The standard theme music then returns, concluding normally. (This is the first extra-long couch gag, as well as the first to cut into the standard theme with alternate music.) "Lisa's First Word" 9F08
70 December 17, 1992 The family is microsized and climbs the “giant” couch. "Homer's Triple Bypass" 9F09
71 January 14, 1993 The Simpsons sit down, followed by three rows of secondary characters (such as Kent Brockman, Apu, Krusty, Principal Skinner, Marge's mother Jackie, Mr. Burns, Smithers, a black-haired Princess Kashmir, and Mrs. Krabappel) from the show who obstruct the family's view. "Marge vs. the Monorail" 9F10
72 January 21, 1993 The family is caught in a rope trap set up on the floor. "Selma's Choice" 9F11
73 February 04, 1993 repeat of 9F01's gag "Brother From the Same Planet" 9F12
74 February 11, 1993 repeat of 9F08's gag "I Love Lisa" 9F13
75 February 18, 1993 repeat of 9F02's gag "Duffless" 9F14
76 March 11, 1993 repeat of 8F18's gag "Last Exit to Springfield" 9F15
77 April 1, 1993 repeat of 9F05's gag "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" 9F17
78 April 15, 1993 repeat of 9F08's gag "The Front" 9F16
79 April 29, 1993 repeat of 9F07's gag "Whacking Day" 9F18
80 May 6, 1993 repeat of 9F09's gag "Marge in Chains" 9F20
81 May 13, 1993 repeat of 9F11's gag "Krusty Gets Kancelled" 9F19

Season 5

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
82 September 30, 1993 A director does three couch gag takes. Take one: The Simpsons first run into the living room and shatter like glass, with Santa's Little Helper walking in to look at the mess on the floor. Take two: The Simpsons run in and coalesce into a multicolored, five-headed blob. Take three: The Simpsons run in and explode on contact, with Maggie's pacifier falling onto the blackened crater. (syndicated reruns use the “take one” couch gag and takes two and three are used as individual couch gags in different episodes) "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" 9F21
83 October 7, 1993 repeat of 9F08's gag "Cape Feare" 9F22
84 October 14, 1993 The family sits; the couch and family are crushed by the cutout foot from the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus. "Homer Goes to College" 1F02
85 October 21, 1993 The Simpsons run in and find an identical Simpsons family on the couch. (This scene is frequently used as the opening couch gag on syndicated versions of Simpsons episodes from seasons one to five.) "Rosebud" 1F01
86 October 28, 1993 The Simpsons are zombies who break through the floor and groan as they sit on the couch. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror IV" 1F04
87 November 4, 1993 The family runs in and crashes through the wall, as it turns out the couch and other living room furniture is just a flat backdrop. "Marge on the Lam" 1F03
88 November 11, 1993 The family runs in and finds an obese man taking up the entire couch; the man tries to give the Simpsons room to sit, but it's a tight fit. "Bart's Inner Child" 1F05
89 November 18, 1993 The lights are out as five pairs of eyes enter; the lights turn on revealing only eyes, as the eyeless family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes. "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" 1F06
90 December 9, 1993 The family sits, then realizes the couch is on the set of the Late Show with David Letterman; next to the couch, Dave spins in his chair to face forward at his desk. "The Last Temptation of Homer" 1F07
91 December 16, 1993 repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" 1F08
92 January 06, 1994 repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags "Homer the Vigilante" 1F09
93 February 03, 1994 repeat of the second of 9F21's three gags "Bart Gets Famous" 1F11
94 February 10, 1994 Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa poke their heads out from behind the couch; Maggie pokes out from behind the center cushion "Homer and Apu" 1F10
95 February 17, 1994 repeat of 1F02's gag "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" 1F12
96 February 24, 1994 repeat of 1F05's gag "Deep Space Homer" 1F13
97 March 17, 1994 There are two identical couches in the living room. The Simpsons split themselves down the middle and each half sits on the couches. "Homer Loves Flanders" 1F14
98 March 31, 1994 repeat of 1F06's gag "Bart Gets an Elephant" 1F15
99 April 14, 1994 The Simpsons are balls that bounce onto the couch. Bart almost bounces away, but Homer reigns him in and hurls him onto the couch. "Burns' Heir" 1F16
100 April 28, 1994 The Simpsons sit on the couch just as a translucent FOX station identification logo appears in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Homer sees it, gets up from the couch, peels it off, and stomps on it (with the family joining him in stomping it) before returning to the couch. "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" 1F18
101 May 5, 1994 repeat of 1F07's gag "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" 1F19
102 May 12, 1994 repeat of the first of 9F21's three gags "Lady Bouvier's Lover" 1F21
103 May 19, 1994 repeat of the third of 9F21's three gags "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" 1F20

Season 6

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
104 September 04, 1994 The Simpsons sit down in midair; the couch builds itself on top of the family and makes them fall. "Bart of Darkness" 1F22
105 September 11, 1994 The living room floor is a shallow body of water. The Simpsons swim their way to the couch. Once on the couch, Bart removes his scuba mask and Homer dries out his ear by sticking his finger in it. "Lisa's Rival" 1F17
106 September 25, 1994 repeat of 1F02's gag "Another Simpsons Clip Show" 2F33
107 October 2, 1994 The family is beamed onto the couch the same way the characters are in the original Star Trek series. "Itchy & Scratchy Land" 2F01
108 October 9, 1994 repeat of 1F06's gag (original airing)/repeat of 1F01's gag (subsequent airings)/n/a due to shortened opening sequence (season six DVD set) "Sideshow Bob Roberts" 2F02
109 October 30, 1994 The Simpson family members are built à la Frankenstein’s monster with each other’s body parts. They try to retrieve their own parts, but it’s not an improvement. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror V" 2F03
110 November 06, 1994 repeat of 1F06's gag "Bart's Girlfriend" 2F04
111 November 13, 1994 The Simpsons sit on the couch and get sprung into the ceiling, with only their legs and feet showing. "Lisa on Ice" 2F05
112 November 27, 1994 In a loose parody of the film, Time Bandits, the family chases after the couch and the back wall as it slides down an endless hallway. "Homer Badman" 2F06
113 December 4, 1994 The family run in from the side past a repeating background shot of the couch and TV (in a parody of how 1950s and 1960s cartoons utilized repeating backgrounds in order to save money, a technique The Simpsons often employs.) "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" 2F07
114 December 18, 1994 repeat of 9F08's gag "Fear of Flying" 2F08
115 January 8, 1995 The living room is at the center of an M.C. Escher's Relativity style environment with multiple staircases and conflicting perspectives; the family enters from various directions (and dimensions) and sits. "Homer the Great" 2F09
116 January 22, 1995 The living room is seen through the barrel of a gun with music typically heard in a James Bond film playing. Homer walks in and fires at the unseen gunman. The screen “bleeds” red and falls. "And Maggie Makes Three" 2F10
117 February 5, 1995 The living room is shown in black and white; the Simpsons come in, resembling pie-eyed, smiling cartoon characters from the 1930s, and do a stiff dance. "Bart's Comet" 2F11
118 February 12, 1995 repeat of 1F22's gag "Homie the Clown" 2F12
119 February 19, 1995 repeat of 1F17's gag "Bart vs. Australia" 2F13
120 February 26, 1995 repeat of 2F01's gag (except the sound and visual effects of the family appearing on the couch resemble the ones seen on Quantam Leap) "Homer vs. Patty & Selma" 2F14
121 March 05, 1995 The family’s heights are reversed; Maggie is now the largest while Homer is the smallest. "A Star Is Burns" 2F31
122 March 19, 1995 repeat of 2F05's gag "Lisa's Wedding" 2F15
123 April 9, 1995 repeat of 2F06's gag "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" 2F18
124 April 16, 1995 repeat of 2F09's gag "The PTA Disbands" 2F19
125 April 30, 1995 repeat of 2F31's gag "'Round Springfield" 2F32
126 May 7, 1995 repeat of 2F10's gag (only the James Bond music playing sounds different than the one heard in 2F10) "The Springfield Connection" 2F21
127 May 14, 1995 repeat of 2F11's gag "Lemon of Troy" 2F22
128 May 21, 1995 repeat of 2F07's gag "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" 2F16

Season 7

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
129 September 17, 1995 The theme from "Dragnet" plays as the couch slides away and a police lineup height chart unfurls from above; the family lines up in front of it. (This episode reveals the answer to the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns). "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" 2F20
130 September 24, 1995 Like a fax machine, the couch ejects a sheet of paper with a picture of the family, which then floats up into the air, before sliding beneath the couch. "Radioactive Man" 2F17
131 October 01, 1995 Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Grampa (who’s sleeping), Santa’s Little Helper, and Snowball II are in a nine-square grid as seen in the opening credits of The Brady Bunch. Everyone (except for Grampa, who is still sleeping) runs to the couch, which is located in the center square. "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" 3F01
132 October 08, 1995 The family drive around the room in go-karts, wearing fezzes; they line up in front of the couch and honk their horns simultaneously. "Bart Sells His Soul" 3F02
133 October 15, 1995 The Simpsons are colorless blobs; mechanical arms color and detail the family. "Lisa the Vegetarian" 3F03
134 October 29, 1995 The family are hanged on nooses, staring blankly. Despite being dead from asphyxiation, Maggie manages to suck on her pacificer. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror VI" 3F04
135 November 05, 1995 The Simpsons are five malfunctioning wind-up dolls who buzz and waddle their way to the couch (or at least near it). "King-Size Homer" 3F05
136 November 19, 1995 A bowling pin clearing bar scares Snowball II off the couch, then a pinsetter places the family on the couch like bowling pins. "Mother Simpson" 3F06
137 November 26, 1995 The whole room is filled with water, the couch is made of clam shells, and a treasure chest is in place of the TV; sea monkey versions of the family members swim in and sit on the clam couch. "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" 3F08
138 December 03, 1995 A montage of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08. "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" 3F31
139 December 17, 1995 The family sits on the couch. Homer notices a plug in the middle of the floor and pulls it. Everyone and everything gets sucked down the drain. "Marge Be Not Proud" 3F07
140 January 07, 1996 The family sits; the camera then zooms in through a mouse hole, where a small mouse version of the family sits on a couch as well. "Team Homer" 3F10
141 January 14, 1996 Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are moose heads on the wall and Homer is a bearskin rug on the floor. A game hunter comes in, sits on the couch, and smokes a pipe. "Two Bad Neighbors" 3F09
142 February 04, 1996 The living room is bathed in black light, with the Simpsons in fluorescent colors while a hard rock guitar riff plays. Homer turns the light on and the normal music plays. "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" 3F11
143 February 11, 1996 repeat of 2F17's gag (but this time, the paper doesn't slide back under the couch) "Bart the Fink" 3F12
144 February 18, 1996 repeat of 3F01's gag "Lisa the Iconoclast" 3F13
145 February 25, 1996 repeat of 3F02's gag "Homer the Smithers" 3F14
146 March 17, 1996 repeat of 3F03's gag "The Day the Violence Died" 3F16
147 March 24, 1996 repeat of 3F05's gag "A Fish Called Selma" 3F15
148 March 31, 1996 repeat of 3F06's gag "Bart on the Road" 3F17
149 April 14, 1996 repeat of 3F08's gag "22 Short Films About Springfield" 3F18
150 April 28, 1996 repeat of 3F07's gag "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" 3F19
151 May 05, 1996 repeat of 3F09's gag "Much Apu About Nothing" 3F20
152 May 19, 1996 repeat of 3F11's gag "Homerpalooza" 3F21
153 May 19, 1996 repeat of 2F17's gag "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" 3F22

Season 8

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
154 October 27, 1996 The Grim Reaper is on the couch. The family runs in, but keel over and die one by one. The Reaper then puts his feet up on the corpses of the Simpson family. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror VII" 4F02
155 November 03, 1996 Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie fall from the sky onto the couch via parachute; Homer, on the other hand, comes down screaming and lands on his face from an unopened parachute pack. "You Only Move Twice" 3F23
156 November 10, 1996 The couch sits in the middle of a desert; the family, in western cowboy garb, sits on the couch, which gallops off into the sunset. "The Homer They Fall" 4F03
157 November 17, 1996 Clear blue bubble versions of the family members float into the room, land on the couch, and pop. "Burns, Baby Burns" 4F05
158 November 24, 1996 The whole scene is a parody of the cover of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, featuring a large crowd of regulars, several objects associated with the show, wax statues of the Simpsons as they were on The Tracy Ullman Show, and the family standing in front of the couch, front and center, dressed in Sgt Pepper regalia. Homer, spoofing the back cover of the album, turns to look at the crowded scene behind him. The last chord to the Beatles song, "A Day in the Life" plays instead of the traditional Simpsons music. "Bart After Dark" 4F06
159 December 01, 1996 The family sits down, but now Bart is green. Homer fiddles with the TV antenna and Bart changes to red. Homer then returns to the couch, and smacks Bart upside the head in order to return him to his normal color (yellow). "A Milhouse Divided" 4F04
160 December 15, 1996 The whole room is upside-down, with the couch and everything else on what appears to be the ceiling. The family, also upside-down, runs in on the ceiling and sits, before falling down onto the floor "above" them. "Lisa's Date with Density" 4F01
161 December 29, 1996 The couch is replaced with a coin slot and the words “Vend-A-Couch” written on the wall. Homer puts a coin in; nothing happens. Homer pounds on the wall four times before the couch falls on him. "Hurricane Neddy" 4F07
162 January 5, 1997 repeat of 3F23's gag "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" 3F24
163 January 12, 1997 The family flies into the room via jet packs; Maggie spirals in last, landing in Marge's lap. "The Springfield Files" 3G01
164 January 19, 1997 The couch is now a giant Whack-A-Mole game, with The Simpson family as the moles. The clown hallucination music from the season six episode “Homer the Clown” plays as an unseen player tries to hit one of the Simpson moles—and successfully gets Homer. "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" 4F08
165 February 2, 1997 The couch is folded out into a bed with Grampa asleep on it. Grampa can only utter a cry of “Huh?” before The Simpsons fold him into the couch as sit down as normal. "Mountain of Madness" 4F10
166 February 07, 1997 The living room is empty. Cut to outside where Homer is struggling with a locked front door while the other members of the family wait impatiently. "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" 3G03
167 February 9, 1997 repeat of 4F06's gag (in syndication, this is replaced with the "Simpsons Meet The Flintstones" couch gag from 8F24, but the audio from 4F06's gag can still be heard) "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" 4F12
168 February 16, 1997 The living room is in an “America Onlink” window on a computer screen. An unseen computer user tries to download the family, but the download shows no signs of progress after a few seconds and the user tries to exit the window (which also doesn’t work). "Homer's Phobia" 4F11
169 February 23, 1997 repeat of 4F01's gag "Brother from Another Series" 4F14
170 March 2, 1997 The couch is on the deck of a ship at sea in rough waters, sliding back and forth with the tilt of the ship. The family, dressed in raingear, sits on the couch, before an enormous wave washes them away. "My Sister, My Sitter" 4F13
171 March 16, 1997 repeat of 4F03's gag "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment" 4F15
172 April 06, 1997 repeat of 4F05's gag "Grade School Confidential" 4F09
173 April 13, 1997 repeat of 4F10's gag "The Canine Mutiny" 4F16
174 April 20, 1997 repeat of 4F08's gag (only now, the sounds of the mallet hitting the family members is more aggressive and the circus music from "Homer the Clown" is sped up) "The Old Man and the Lisa" 4F17
175 April 27, 1997 repeat of 4F07's gag "In Marge We Trust" 4F18
176 May 4, 1997 repeat of 4F04's gag "Homer's Enemy" 4F19
177 May 11, 1997 n/a (non-canon) "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" 4F20
178 May 18, 1997 repeat of 4F01's gag "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" 4F21

Season 9

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
179 September 21, 1997 The family comes in, dressed as the Harlem Globetrotters, passing a basketball to each other while Sweet Georgia Brown plays. Maggie dunks the ball into the basket above the couch, hitting Homer on the head. "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" 4F22
180 September 28, 1997 The Simpsons are dressed as astronauts and sit on the couch just as it blasts off into space. "The Principal and the Pauper" 4F23
181 October 19, 1997 Homer is standing in front of the couch. The top half of him pops off and on to the couch revealing a smaller Marge standing inside the lower half of Homer, like a Russian nesting doll. The top half of Marge pops off revealing Bart, whose top half pops off revealing Lisa, whose top half finally pops off to reveal Maggie, who stays in the middle of Homer’s body and sucks on her pacifier. "Lisa's Sax" 3G02
182 October 26, 1997 The Simpsons sit on the couch. Metal shackles restrain their wrists and ankles and a metal cap comes down on all of their heads. The family writhes in pain as they get electrocuted. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror VIII" 5F02
183 November 2, 1997 The couch is a trough filled with water. The Simpsons, with their butts on fire, rush to the trough and sit to extinguish the fire. They all sigh in relief as steam billows out. "The Cartridge Family" 5F01
184 November 9, 1997 The family sits; an auto-crusher compresses them all into a rectangular block. "Bart Star" 5F03
185 November 16, 1997 Bart runs in and spray-paints the family onto the couch, tagging it with an "El Barto" signature, then runs off. "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" 5F04
186 November 23, 1997 The living room is a sauna where three old men in towels are sitting on the couch. The Simpsons come in (also dressed in towels), but leave sheepishly. One of the old men pours water on the coals. "Lisa the Skeptic" 5F05
187 December 7, 1997 The family sits; Matt Groening's[1] live action hand spins the picture around, smearing the family like spin art. "Realty Bites" 5F06
188 December 21, 1997 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The camera zooms out and reveals that the living room is part of a snow globe that two hands shake to make the snow fall. Homer marvels at it with an, “Oooh!” (Christmas episode for this first usage) "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" 5F07
189 January 04, 1998 The floor is a treadmill. Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie successfully dismount after running in place, while Homer gets stuck on it, yelling, “Marge, stop this crazy thing!” à la George Jetson on the original credits for The Jetsons. "All Singing, All Dancing" 5F24
190 January 11, 1998 The Simpsons go to sit on the couch, but fall on their butts when the couch gets pulled back. Nelson Muntz then pops out from behind the couch and gives his trademark laugh (“Ha-ha!”). "Bart Carny" 5F08
191 February 8, 1998 The family is microsized, like in the couch gag seen in "Homer's Triple Bypass", but now The Simpsons take a little longer to climb up on the couch and Santa’s Little Helper takes Homer away in his mouth. "The Joy of Sect" 5F23
192 February 15, 1998 The floor is water and the couch is a lilypad; a frog family (Maggie as a tadpole) hops onto the lilypad and frog-Homer turns on the TV with his long tongue. "Das Bus" 5F11
193 February 22, 1998 repeat of 5F01's gag "The Last Temptation of Krust" 5F10
194 March 1, 1998 repeat of 5F03's gag "Dumbbell Indemnity" 5F12
195 March 8, 1998 A vine growns in the middle of the living room. The Simpsons appear as fruits and vegetables; Bart is a strawberry, Homer is a squash, Marge is an asparagus, Maggie is broccoli, and Lisa is a pineapple. "Lisa the Simpson" 4F24
196 March 22, 1998 repeat of 5F04's gag (but this time, Bart peeks from around the TV first to make sure the coast is clear) "This Little Wiggy" 5F13
197 March 29, 1998 A parody of the opening from Rocky & Bullwinkle, where the family falls off a cliff during a storm, their eyes float to the heavens, and they come back as flowers growing in the ground. Bart spits out a clod of dirt. The Rocky & Bullwinkle theme plays throughout. "Simpson Tide" 3G04
198 April 5, 1998 repeat of 5F05's gag "The Trouble with Trillions" 5F14
199 April 19, 1998 repeat of 5F06's gag "Girly Edition" 5F15
200 April 26, 1998 The Simpson family find themselves in Mrs. Krabappel’s classroom where Bart is writing the blackboard punishment phrase, “I Will Not Mess With The Opening Credits”. "Trash of the Titans" 5F09
201 May 03, 1998 repeat of 5F07's gag "King of the Hill" 5F16
202 May 10, 1998 repeat of 5F08's gag "Lost Our Lisa" 5F17
203 May 17, 1998 repeat of 5F11's gag "Natural Born Kissers" 5F18

Season 10

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
204 August 23, 1998 repeat of 5F08's gag "Lard of the Dance" 5F20
205 September 20, 1998 Similar to the couch gag in "Marge vs. the Monorail" (9F10), the living room is filled with secondary and tertiary characters from the show. Unlike 9F10, the living room is now a movie theater and the Simpsons are shuffling their way through to find a seat. After they sit down, Homer has some of the Comic Book Guy's popcorn. "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" 5F21
206 September 27, 1998 Two firemen hold the couch as if it were a safety net. Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie land safely on the couch. Homer, however, isn’t so lucky — he falls through the floor. "Bart the Mother" 5F22
207 October 25, 1998 The family never makes it to the couch; Bart gets run over by Homer. Lisa gets catapulted into the garage roof, and Homer gets run down by Marge as she drives into the garage. Meanwhile, in the living room Freddy Krueger (of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies) and Jason Voorhees (of the Friday the 13th movies) sit on the couch, wondering where the family is. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror IX" AABF01
208 November 08, 1998 Marge enters with a laundry basket and hangs the other family members on a clothesline above the couch. "When You Dish Upon a Star" 5F19
209 November 15, 1998 The family sits; a safety bar lowers over their laps and the couch zooms around the room like a roller coaster. "D'oh-in in the Wind" AABF02
210 November 22, 1998 The family sits; hair dryers descend onto their heads, then lift up, revealing the family members all have swapped hairdos. Homer has Maggie's, Marge has Bart's, Bart has Lisa's, Lisa has Homer's, and Maggie has Marge's (the weight of it causing her to fall off the couch). "Lisa Gets an "A"" AABF03
211 December 06, 1998 repeat of 5F11's gag "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" AABF04
212 December 20, 1998 repeat of 5F03's gag "Mayored to the Mob" AABF05
213 January 10, 1999 repeat of 5F06's gag "Viva Ned Flanders" AABF06
214 January 17, 1999 In a parody of the famous scene in Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens’ character rides the bomb, the Simpsons (wearing white cowboy hats) straddle the couch as it drops from a bomb bay door. The Simpsons scream, “Yahoo!” as they plummet into oblivion. "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" AABF07
215 January 31, 1999 The living room is in shallow water (like it was in Lisa's Rival) and the Simpsons sit on the couch. An iceberg passes by the couch and causes it to sink (à la The Titantic) with the family clinging to the couch as it goes under. Maggie resurfaces on a couch cushion moments later with the remote control in hand. "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" AABF08
216 February 7, 1999 repeat of 5F19's gag "Homer to the Max" AABF09
217 February 14, 1999 repeat of AABF03's gag "I'm With Cupid" AABF11
218 February 21, 1999 repeat of AABF02's gag "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" AABF10
219 February 28, 1999 repeat of 5F22's gag "Make Room for Lisa" AABF12
220 March 28, 1999 Marge and Homer are depicted as children while Bart and Lisa are depicted as adults (and Maggie is a baby doll in Homer’s arms). Homer reaches for the remote control, but Lisa slaps it away from him. "Maximum Homerdrive" AABF13
221 April 4, 1999 The family slips on banana peels on the floor, flipping upside-down in the air, but all land safely on the couch. "Simpsons Bible Stories" AABF14
222 April 11, 1999 repeat of AABF07's gag "Mom and Pop Art" AABF15
223 April 25, 1999 repeat of 5F21's gag "The Old Man and The "C" Student" AABF16
224 May 2, 1999 repeat of 9F08's gag "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" AABF17
225 May 9, 1999 repeat of AABF08's gag "They Saved Lisa's Brain" AABF18
226 May 16, 1999 The Simpsons sit on the couch, but get sucked inside and come out looking like a shredded piece of paper. "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" AABF20

Season 11

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
227 September 26, 1999 The Simpsons family (as they were drawn on The Tracy Ullman Show) is already on the couch. The Simpsons (as they're currently drawn) come in and both families run screaming out the living room. "Beyond Blunderdome" AABF23
228 October 03, 1999 The family comes in, colorless and marked with numbers. A group of Asian painters come in to color the family "Brother's Little Helper" AABF22
229 October 24, 1999 The family comes in. Marge notices Matt Groening's signature at the bottom of the screen and wipes it off. A caricature of Matt Groening (wearing an orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt) comes in and resigns the scene (i.e. the floor) to Marge's horror. "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" AABF21
230 October 31, 1999 The family members (mostly) appear as they have in previous Halloween episodes: Homer is a jack-in-the-box (from 8F02), Bart is a mutant fly (from 5F02), Marge is a witch (also from 5F02), and Maggie is an alien (from AABF01); Lisa, an ax murder victim (the only one not based on a previous episode), asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, and Maggie demands "Silence!" in a deep voice before disintegrating Lisa with a ray gun. (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror X" BABF01
231 November 7, 1999 The living room is set up like a trendy night club (complete with a disco ball, a velvet rope, several club hoppers, and a bouncer). The bouncer lets Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie in, but sends Homer away. "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" AABF19
232 November 14, 1999 A cement truck pours out concrete statues of the Simpson family. The top half of Homer’s statue quickly breaks off and falls to the floor. "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" BABF02
233 November 21, 1999 The Simpsons sit on the couch and the wall spins around like in “Homer the Heretic”, but this time, a mad scientist who looks like Vincent Price and a scared Ned Flanders who is shackled upside down are on the other side of the wall instead of an empty couch. "Eight Misbehavin'" BABF03
234 November 28, 1999 repeat of AABF20's gag "Take My Wife, Sleaze" BABF05
235 December 19, 1999 Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie slide down a fire pole that's next to the couch. Homer, however, gets stuck in the hole and flails about helplessly. "Gift of the Magi" BABF07
236 January 9, 2000 A crash test dummy version of the family sits; the couch slides forward and slams into the TV (simluating a car crash test), then pulls back into place. Crash test dummy Homer's head falls off from the trauma. "Little Big Mom" BABF04
237 January 16, 2000 A psychiatrist (who looks like a mix between Sigmund Freud and Milhouse van Houten) is sitting in a chair next to the couch. Homer hops on the couch and yells, "Oh, doctor, I'm crazy!", then sobs as the other family members stare sadly at each other. "Faith Off" BABF06
238 January 23, 2000 repeat of AABF13's gag "The Mansion Family" BABF08
239 February 06, 2000 The family leaps into the room, all dressed in white karate uniforms and black belts, and chops the couch up with karate moves; Homer, remote in hand, does a karate flip and switches on the TV. "Saddlesore Galactica" BABF09
240 February 13, 2000 The family drives bumper cars around the room (Marge and Maggie share a car); they all pin Homer's car against the back wall and slam him repeatedly. "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" BABF10
241 February 20, 2000 The couch is sitting in the Evergreen Terrace subway station. The family (seated on a bench) get on the next train that arrives on the track and leave. "Missionary: Impossible" BABF11
242 February 27, 2000 repeat of AABF21's gag "Pygmoelian" BABF12
243 March 19, 2000 repeat of AABF19's gag "Bart to the Future" BABF13
244 April 9, 2000 repeat of AABF23's gag "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" BABF14
245 April 30, 2000 The Simpsons (save Maggie, who is in Marge's arms) are barefoot and briskly walking across a bed of hot coats in order to reach the couch. When they sit down, the soles of their feet are black and smoldering. "Kill the Alligator and Run" BABF16
246 May 7, 2000 The family swings into the room on a vine gracefully like Tarzan; Homer fails to release the vine in time and crashes offscreen, like George of the Jungle. "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" BABF15
247 May 14, 2000 repeat of AABF22's gag "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" BABF18
248 May 21, 2000 The couch has a coin slot on the side. The family sits, and Bart puts a coin in it. The couch then vibrates away, taking the family with them. "Behind the Laughter" BABF19

Season 12

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
249 November 1, 2000 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XI" BABF21
250 November 5, 2000 Bart arrives at the couch first and places a whoopee cushion under Homer's spot. When the family sits down, Homer sits on the part of the couch with the whoopee cushion underneath and triggers its farting sound. Homer grins sheepishly at Marge, Lisa, and Maggie (who are frowning) while Bart laughs. "A Tale of Two Springfields" BABF20
251 November 12, 2000 The family runs in and freezes in mid-air; the camera pans around them in bullet-time (a la The Matrix and the Gap Khaki commercials at the time that featured swing dancing), then time resumes normally as they sit. "Insane Clown Poppy" BABF17
252 November 19, 2000 Maggie is on the couch. The rest of the Simpsons waddle in dressed as The Teletubbies (Homer is Twinky Winky, Marge is Dipsy, Lisa is Po, and Bart as Laa-Laa) and Maggie applauds with delight. "Lisa the Tree Hugger" CABF01
253 November 26, 2000 There’s a ramp leading to the couch. Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie successfully do skateboard tricks off the ramp and onto the couch. Homer, however, falls off the ramp and, adding injury to insult, gets hit on the head with his own skateboard. "Homer vs. Dignity" CABF04
254 December 3, 2000 Santa’s Little Helper dances on his hind legs like Snoopy did in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special while the popular Charlie Brown theme plays. When the family comes in, Santa’s Little Helper slowly stops dancing, sits on his hind legs, and barks. "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" CABF02
255 December 10, 2000 The Simpsons swim to the couch in deep-sea diving gear. The camera zooms out to reveal that the living room is in a fish bowl. "The Great Money Caper" CABF03
256 December 17, 2000 A football is thrown in the center of the living room. The Simpsons, dressed as football players, tackle each other for the ball. Maggie squirms out with ball in hand, spikes it, and does a victory dance. "Skinner's Sense of Snow" CABF06
257 January 7, 2001 The Simpsons are placed on the couch by the transport tubes used on Futurama. Philip J. Fry (the protagonist from Futurama) is in on the couch for a split second before he’s sucked up and replaced by Bart. "HOMR" BABF22
258 January 14, 2001 repeat of BABF03's gag "Pokey Mom" CABF05
259 February 4, 2001 The couch is replaced by a valet parking spot. The Squeaky-Voiced Teen pushes a couch in place for the Simpsons to sit down. He then holds his hand out for a tip and leaves angrily when he doesn’t get it. "Worst Episode Ever" CABF08
260 February 11, 2001 The living room floor is frozen over. The Simpsons ice skate to the couch. When Homer sits down, his side of the couch falls through. "Tennis the Menace" CABF07
261 February 18, 2001 repeat of BABF06's gag "Day of the Jackanapes" CABF10
262 February 25, 2001 The couch is outside a prison wall. A siren wails and a searchlight moves as The Simpsons (dressed in striped prison jumpsuits) tunnel their way to the couch. "New Kids on the Blecch" CABF12
263 March 04, 2001 repeat of BABF09's gag "Hungry, Hungry Homer" CABF09
264 March 11, 2001 repeat of BABF10's gag "Bye Bye Nerdie" CABF11
265 April 01, 2001 repeat of 9F08's gag "Simpson Safari" CABF13
266 April 29, 2001 repeat of CABF04's gag "Trilogy of Error" CABF14
267 May 06, 2001 repeat of BABF02's gag "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" CABF15
268 May 13, 2001 repeat of BABF04's gag "Children of a Lesser Clod" CABF16
269 May 20, 2001 repeat of BABF11's gag "Simpsons Tall Tales" CABF17

Season 13

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
270 November 06, 2001 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XII" CABF19
271 November 11, 2001 The Simpsons are in the simplistically drawn sailboat painting located behind the couch. They jump out of the painting by going in the “water”. The living room is wet from the splash and Homer uses his finger to clean his ear out while clicking on the TV with the remote. "The Parent Rap" CABF22
272 November 18, 2001 repeat of CABF06's gag "Homer the Moe" CABF20
273 December 2, 2001 repeat of CABF12's gag "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" CABF18
274 December 9, 2001 repeat of BABF17's gag "The Blunder Years" CABF21
275 December 16, 2001 The couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in the tumbler windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number “7” as a pile of gold coins spill out. "She of Little Faith" DABF02
276 January 6, 2002 The couch is replaced by a hedge. A gardener comes in and creates a topiary of The Simpsons. "Brawl in the Family" DABF01
277 January 20, 2002 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. A crane game clamp comes down and picks up Homer. Homer screams, “Ow! My brain!” as he's being pulled out of frame. "Sweets and Sour Marge" DABF03
278 January 27, 2002 The living room is black and while (like in the couch gag for "Bart's Comet"). Homer, dressed as Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp character, waddles to the couch and twitches his nose. When Tramp Homer sits down, the rest of the family, dressed as silent movie characters, join him. "Jaws Wired Shut" DABF05
279 February 10, 2002 The Simpsons come in just as two repo men take the couch away. Homer sobs loudly, Marge looks confused, and the kids sit on the floor to watch TV. "Half-Decent Proposal" DABF04
280 February 17, 2002 repeat of 9F08's gag "The Bart Wants What It Wants" DABF06
281 February 24, 2002 The Squeaky-Voiced Teen and an unknown adolescent girl are making out on the couch. The Simpsons come in. The Squeaky-Voiced Teen yelps and the unknown girl smiles uneasily. "The Lastest Gun in the West" DABF07
282 March 10, 2002 The family runs in to find the Blue Man Group performing on drums in front of the couch. Homer murmurs "What the-?!" "The Old Man and the Key" DABF09
283 March 17, 2002 The Simpsons rushing to and sitting on the couch is animated in pencil-drawn flipbook style, with the pages flipped by a pair of live-action hands. "Tales from the Public Domain" DABF08
284 March 31, 2002 The family are marionettes who get caught in each other's strings. The camera pans up to reveal Matt Groening as the puppet master, who throws the puppets down in frustration. "Blame it on Lisa" DABF10
285 April 07, 2002 repeat of DABF01's gag "Weekend at Burnsie's" DABF11
286 April 21, 2002 repeat of DABF02's gag "Gump Roast" DABF12
287 April 28, 2002 repeat of DABF03's gag "I Am Furious Yellow" DABF13
288 May 05, 2002 repeat of DABF04's gag "The Sweetest Apu" DABF14
289 May 12, 2002 repeat of DABF07's gag "Little Girl in the Big Ten" DABF15
290 May 19, 2002 repeat of DABF05's gag "The Frying Game" DABF16
291 May 22, 2002 repeat of DABF09's gag (but with different audio: the group plays more loudly/aggressively and Homer doesn't say, "What the...") "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge" DABF17

Season 14

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
292 November 03, 2002 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XIII" DABF19
293 November 10, 2002 The living room is in an ocean. Homer is on water skis, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the couch, but Homer’s legs are in the mouths of sharks. "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" DABF22
294 November 17, 2002 In a parody of the opening of the 1960s sitcom, Get Smart!, Homer goes through many futuristic doors and passageways until he reaches the phone booth, dials a number, falls through the floor, and lands on the couch (with the rest of the family already seated). "Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade" DABF20
295 November 24, 2002 Homer (unseen, but implied to be him) draws the family on the couch with an Etch-a-Sketch (called a “Sketch-A-Etch” in the couch gag) and yells, “Whoo-hoo!” when he’s done. "Large Marge" DABF18
296 December 1, 2002 In a parody of the Macintosh paint program, Kid Pix, a mouse cursor drags Homer from the left side of the couch to the right, changes the wall color to green, and replaces the boat painting with the Mona Lisa. "Helter Shelter" DABF21
297 December 15, 2002 The family sits on the couch. Homer clicks on the remote control and sends the family to the Stone Age where they sit in front of a fire, clicks it again to send them to the Roman Empire where they watch a gladiator match, and clicks it a final time to return them to the present. "The Great Louse Detective" EABF01
298 January 05, 2003 Everybody is deep-fried in a fast-food fryer, then emptied onto the couch and salted. "Special Edna" EABF02
299 January 12, 2003 In a parody of the black and white photograph, Lunchtime Atop A Skyscraper, the family is dressed as construction workers of the early 20th century and are sitting on a girder watching TV. "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" EABF03
300 February 02, 2003 The couch is a novelty cardboard cut-out with holes where the family's heads would be. The family puts their heads through the holes and a photographer takes their picture. "Strong Arms of The Ma" EABF04
301 February 09, 2003 The Simpsons sit down as normal. A giant baby picks them up and plays with them. "Pray Anything" EABF06
302 February 16, 2003 The living room is made of assorted candies and gingerbread. The Simpsons are gingerbread men (and women) who rush to the couch. Homer leans over and bites the top of Bart's head. "Barting Over" EABF05
303 February 16, 2003 repeat of DABF18's gag "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" EABF07
304 March 02, 2003 repeat of DABF10's gag "A Star Is Born-Again" EABF08
305 March 09, 2003 repeat of EABF01's gag "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" EABF09
306 March 16, 2003 repeat of DABF08's gag "C.E. D'oh" EABF10
307 March 30, 2003 repeat of DABF22's gag "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" EABF11
308 April 13, 2003 repeat of EABF02's gag "Three Gays of the Condo" EABF12
309 April 27, 2003 The Simpsons are mimes walking against the wind and sitting on an imaginary couch. "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" EABF13
310 May 04, 2003 repeat of EABF03's gag "Old Yeller Belly" EABF14
311 May 11, 2003 repeat of EABF04's gag "Brake My Wife, Please" EABF15
312 May 18, 2003 repeat of EABF06's gag "Bart of War" EABF16
313 May 18, 2003 repeat of EABF05's gag "Moe Baby Blues" EABF17

Season 15

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
314 November 02, 2003 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XIV" EABF21
315 November 09, 2003 The family runs to the couch as normal, only to rapidly decay and turn to piles of dust. "My Mother the Carjacker" EABF18
316 November 16, 2003 A camera shutter flash is heard as a blank Polaroid photo floats to the couch and develops into a picture of The Simpsons. "The President Wore Pearls" EABF20
317 November 23, 2003 There is a Play-Doh Fun Factory on the back wall; it presses Play-Doh versions of everybody out onto the couch. "The Regina Monologues" EABF22
318 November 30, 2003 repeat of DABF20's gag "The Fat and the Furriest" EABF19
319 December 07, 2003 The Simpsons slides down a pole into the Batcave, where everyone is dressed like someone from the 1960s Batman TV show (Homer is Batman, Marge is Catwoman, Lisa and Maggie are Batgirl, and Bart is Robin, the Boy Wonder) "Today I Am a Clown" FABF01
320 December 14, 2003 The couch is a street bench in Japan, and everyone is a famous anime character: Homer is Ultraman, Marge is Jun (Princess) from Battle of the Planets, Lisa is Usagi Tsukino (Serena in the English dub) from the Sailor Moon series, Bart is Astro Boy and Maggie is Pikachu from Pokémon. "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" FABF02
321 January 04, 2004 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. Knives are hurled at the Simpsons' heads, but hit the wall. Homer tries to get a bowl of chips, but a knife aimed for the side of his head stops him. "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" FABF03
322 January 11, 2004 The couch is a white cake. The Simpsons are squeezed out of a pastry bag like frosting. "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot" FABF04
323 January 25, 2004 The Simpsons’ heads pop out of a slice of apple pie. Homer takes a bite out of the pie. "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" FABF05
324 February 08, 2004 The couch is replaced by a giant microwave. Someone puts a tray inside and presses a button. The Simpsons rise from the tray as it cooks. (The is the third food-based couch gag in a row) "Margical History Tour" FABF06
325 February 15, 2004 A woman throws some seeds into a plot of dirt where the couch usually is, and waters them; everybody sprouts up like plants. "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" FABF07
326 February 22, 2004 Everybody is a bag on a moving dry-cleaning rack, which stops over the couch. "Smart and Smarter" FABF09
327 March 14, 2004 In a parody of the science short film, Powers of Ten, the Simpsons sit down on the couch as normal when suddenly, the camera pans out, revealing an overhead shot of the house, an overhead shot of the neighborhood, an overhead shot of the United States, an overhead shot of the North American continent and the Western Hemisphere, an overhead shot of the Earth, the solar system, and Kang and Kodos standing next to their broken spaceship. Soon, many stars fill the screen as they form into the Milky Way. Other galaxies form and turn into atoms, which turn into simple molecular structures, which turn into more complex molecular structures, which turn into DNA helices, which pan out into a blank yellow expanse, which reveals to be Homer’s head and returns to the couch scene. Homer stares blankly for a few seconds, then utters, “Wow!” "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" FABF08
328 March 21, 2004 repeat of EABF18's gag "Co-Dependent's Day" FABF10
329 March 28, 2004 repeat of EABF20's gag "The Wandering Juvie" FABF11
330 April 18, 2004 repeat of EABF22's gag "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" FABF12
331 April 25, 2004 repeat of FABF04's gag "Catch 'em If You Can" FABF14
332 May 02, 2004 repeat of FABF01's gag "Simple Simpson" FABF15
333 May 09, 2004 repeat of FABF03's gag "The Way We Weren't" FABF13
334 May 16, 2004 repeat of FABF06's gag "Bart-Mangled Banner" FABF17
335 May 23, 2004 repeat of FABF02's gag "Fraudcast News" FABF18

Season 16

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
336 November 07, 2004 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XV" FABF23
337 November 14, 2004 The couch is outside in a clearing and mounted on a catapult. The Simpsons sit down and get launched over a mountain range. "All's Fair in Oven War" FABF20
338 November 21, 2004 The Simpsons run in and find that the couch is missing (like in the couch gag for season two's Itchy & Scratchy & Marge), but this time, the couch falls from the sky and crushes the family. "Sleeping with the Enemy" FABF19
339 December 05, 2004 All of the family members sit down as normal. The twist: The Simpsons now look like Moe Szyslak. "She Used to Be My Girl" FABF22
340 December 12, 2004 After the family takes their usual places on the couch, the couch rises into the air and is actually part of an anglerfish (which bears a striking resemblance to the one from Finding Nemo), which swallows the family and swims away. "Fat Man and Little Boy" FABF21
341 January 16, 2005 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. Nothing happens. Lisa stares at the camera and says, “What? Can’t we sit on the couch without something happening?” Homer is then impaled by a spear and yells, “D’oh!” with everyone staring in shock. "Midnight Rx" FABF16
342 January 30, 2005 The living room is made of sand (including the furnitures and fixtures). The family, looking haggard and dehydrated, crawls in, but ends up lying on their backs in a desert when the sand house collapses. "Mommie Beerest" GABF01
343 February 06, 2005 The family enters the living room and in front of the couch they climb on top of the other like a totem pole, with Homer at the bottom and Maggie on top. "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" GABF02
344 February 13, 2005 The family hops to the living room (with the floor as a chessboard) dressed as chess pieces: Homer is the king, Marge is the queen, Bart is a rook, Lisa is a knight and Maggie is a pawn. "Pranksta Rap" GABF03
345 February 20, 2005 The family, dressed as hockey players (Marge, Bart, and Lisa each have a missing tooth while Homer has a missing tooth and a black eye), skate around the couch as "Charge!" plays on an organ. Homer is carrying the Stanley Cup with Maggie (the only one who isn't hurt) sitting in the bowl. "There's Something About Marrying" GABF04
346 March 06, 2005 repeat of FABF08's gag (but this time, Kang and Kodos are heard laughing and Homer says "Cool!" at the end) "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" GABF05
347 March 13, 2005 The living room is dark, with many eyes present. The lights go up, and many secondary characters appear behind a banner that reads, “Surprise!” The Simpsons come in and the characters yell, ”SURPRISE!” Homer is so overwhelmed with shock, he has a heart attack and collapses. "Goo Goo Gai Pan" GABF06
348 March 20, 2005 The Simpsons sit down as normal. Homer rips the skin from his head and reveals himself to be Sideshow Bob. Bob then brandishes a knife and chases after Bart, with the rest of the family cowering in fear. "Mobile Homer" GABF07
349 April 03, 2005 The Simpsons sit down on the couch. A roasting spit pierces through the couch and the floor below pulls back to reveal a fiery pit. The Simpsons are then spun around over the heat. Marge’s hair is soon on fire. "The Seven-Beer Snitch" GABF08
350 April 17, 2005 Several toy forms of transportation come into the living room, only to change Transformers-style into the family. Homer is Optimus Prime, Marge is Skyfire, Lisa is Hound, Maggie is Bumblebee, and Bart appears to be Jazz. "Future-Drama" GABF12
351 May 01, 2005 The couch scene is a near-complete jigsaw puzzle, with Homer’s and Maggie’s heads missing. Two hands (with five fingers on each hand instead of four and colored in a realistic peach skin tone instead of the Simpsons cartoonishly bright yellow) put the heads in place, then, noticing Homer and Maggie are switched, fixes them and says, "Woo-hoo!" "Don't Fear the Roofer" GABF10
352 May 01, 2005 repeat of FABF20's gag "The Heartbroke Kid" GABF11
353 May 08, 2005 repeat of DABF20's gag "A Star Is Torn" GABF13
354 May 08, 2005 repeat of FABF22's gag "Thank God It's Doomsday" GABF14
355 May 15, 2005 repeat of FABF21's gag "Home Away from Homer" GABF15
356 May 15, 2005 The Simpsons float in as parade balloons. Snowball II pops the one that looks like Homer. "The Father, The Son, and The Holy Guest Star" GABF09

Season 17

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
357 September 11, 2005 A metal detector and a security guard are on the side of the couch. Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie make it past the detector, but Homer sets it off. After three failed attempts, Homer is stripped down to his underwear and inspected by the guard with a handheld scanning wand. "Bonfire of the Manatees" GABF18
358 September 18, 2005 The living room is made of clay. Six balls roll to the couch and form into Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, Bart--and Gumby. (filmed in claymation) "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" GABF16
359 September 25, 2005 The Simpsons sit down on the couch as normal. A TiVo menu pops up, asking the viewer if they’d like to save the recording or delete it. “Delete This Recording” is chosen and the screen goes black. "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" GABF19
360 November 06, 2005 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XVI" GABF17
361 November 13, 2005 The family runs in to sit on the couch, but it turns into a monster and chases them out of the house. Everyone's couches come to life and start attacking and swallowing the people sitting on them; Professor Frink is attacked by a futuristic flying couch with laser weaponry; Moe is attacked by the booths and bar stools in his bar, but fights quite well with his shotgun; Homer takes refuge in a store called "Couch World", where he is piled upon by dozens of couches. (An unusually long couch gag, it runs for exactly 40 seconds.) "Marge's Son Poisoning" GABF20
362 November 20, 2005 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. The camera zooms out to reveal that the family and the living room are a part of a zoo exhibit on Kang and Kodos’s home planet, Rigel IV. "See Homer Run" GABF21
363 November 27, 2005 The couch is replaced with a bird's nest and the family members take their usual places; then a large bird flies in and feeds Homer a worm. "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" GABF22
364 December 11, 2005 A pair of animated hands deals five cards on the couch: the jack of diamonds (Bart), the queen of diamonds (Marge), the king of diamonds (Homer), the ace of diamonds (Lisa), and a joker (Maggie). "The Italian Bob" HABF02
365 December 18, 2005 A copy of "The Springfield Shopper" spins into frame, with the headline, "COUCH GAG THRILLS NATION" and a black and white photo of The Simpsons already seated. "Simpsons Christmas Stories" HABF01
366 January 8, 2006 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. A photographer comes in and snaps their family portrait, which sets off a chain of future photos. In the 2006 and 2007 photos, the family is the same; in 2008, Homer is missing, Marge is dressed in black, and the kids are in their Sunday clothes; in 2009, Marge is married to Lenny and the kids begin puberty; in 2010, Lenny and Carl are taking care of the kids (who are still growing up) and Marge is gone; in 2011, Marge is back in the family and married to Jimbo Jones; in 2012, Homer is recreated as a robot and joins the family after being absent since 2008; and in 2013, everyone in the Simpson family is a robot. "Homer's Paternity Coot" HABF03
367 January 29, 2006 In a parody of the Bonanza opening, a map of frontier-era United States is burned out in the center, revealing The Simpsons on horseback. The Bonanza theme plays throughout. "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" HABF04
368 February 26, 2006 repeat of GABF16's gag "My Fair Laddy" HABF05
369 March 12, 2006 The couch (with Bart, Marge, Lisa, and Maggie already on it) moves down a conveyor belt and stops in front of the TV. Homer is added by a robotic arm and the conveyor belt continues moving. "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" HABF06
370 March 19, 2006 The living room is blocked by a laser security system. The family works their way through the system and successfully make it to the couch. However, Homer’s head falls off after the lasers vanish. "Bart Has Two Mommies" HABF07
371 March 26, 2006 The family (played by live action actors and actresses) sit on the couch just as the animated Simpsons opening comes on. (repeat airings and syndicated reruns use the "Simpsons Roasted Over A Barbecue" couch gag from GABF08). "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" HABF08
372 April 2, 2006 repeat of GABF19's gag "Million Dollar Abie" HABF09
373 April 9, 2006 repeat of HABF02's gag (but this time Homer shouts "Whoo-hoo!" after the cards are dealt) "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" HABF10
374 April 23, 2006 repeat of GABF10's gag (but this time, Homer yells "D'oh!" when Maggie's and Homer's heads are switched and giggles when the mistake is fixed) "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" HABF11
375 April 30, 2006 repeat of GABF06's gag "Girls Just Want To Have Sums" HABF12
376 May 07, 2006 repeat of GABF12's gag "Regarding Margie" HABF13
377 May 14, 2006 repeat of HABF03's gag "The Monkey Suit" HABF14
378 May 21, 2006 repeat of GABF20's gag "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" HABF16

Season 18

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
379 September 10, 2006 The couch is replaced by four wooden chairs. An instrumental version of “Pop Goes the Weasel” plays as the family plays musical chairs. When the music stops, everyone except for Homer grabs a seat. Homer groans in disappointment. "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" HABF15
380 September 17, 2006 Everyone but Homer sits on the couch. King Homer, from Treehouse of Horror III, grabs Marge through a window and drags her to the top of the Empire State Building, where he is attacked by biplanes. "Jazzy and the Pussycats" HABF18
381 September 24, 2006 A vending machine filled with every castmember (including The Simpson family) from the show appears instead of the couch. Ralph Wiggum comes in, selects a Homer figurine, and bites the head off before leaving. "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em..." HABF20
382 November 5, 2006 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XVII" HABF17
383 November 12, 2006 The family sits down and gets moved across the floor in a car wash, where they get sprayed with water, squirted with hot wax, and scrubbed with brushes. Marge's hair turns puffy, Maggie's pacifier turns up missing, and everyone looks sad as three men wipe them dry and one of them puts a new pacifier in Maggie's mouth. "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" HABF21
384 November 19, 2006 The Simpsons get dragged and dropped onto a desktop picture of the couch before getting dragged and dropped again in the recycle bin. "Moe'N'a Lisa" HABF19
385 November 26, 2006 The Simpsons’s eyes are visible in the dark. When the lights come up, the Simpsons are revealed to have the bodies of cockroaches. The Simpson roaches scatter (with Maggie hiding behind the couch). "Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)" HABF22
386 December 10, 2006 A pair of cartoon hands cuts a piece of paper into the shape of Homer. The hands then pull out the paper to reveal a chain shaped like the rest of the Simpsons family members. Homer can be heard yelling, "Whoo-hoo!" "The Haw-Hawed Couple" JABF02
387 December 17, 2006 The family (in Christmas attire) sits on the couch, and the camera pulls out to reveal they are in a Christmas decoration which is on a Christmas tree, and Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II rest nearby. "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2" JABF01
388 January 7, 2007 The family on the couch is pinned up, one by one, onto a bulletin board. "The Wife Aquatic" JABF03
389 January 28, 2007 All of the Simpsons are infants who crawl to the couch while "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" plays in the background. When they reach the couch, everyone reverts to their normal ages (save Maggie, who is already a baby). "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" JABF05
390 February 11, 2007 The Simpsons are stand-up paper dolls in their underwear; a pair of hands puts clothes on them, after which they smile and sit on the couch. "Little Big Girl" JABF04
391 February 18, 2007 n/a due to cold opening (original airing)/repeat of HABF22's gag (subsequent airings) "Springfield Up" JABF07
392 March 4, 2007 repeat of HABF20's gag "Yokel Chords" JABF09
393 March 11, 2007 repeat of HABF04's gag "Rome-old and Juli-eh" JABF08
394 March 25, 2007 Homer evolves from a single-celled organism which continuously divides to a more complex organism--first as a jellyfish, then a common fish that nearly escapes the clutches of an octopus that looks like Mr. Burns. Getting out of the ocean, Homer evolves into a prehistoric lizard that extends his tongue to snack on an insect that resembles his power plant coworker, Lenny. Homer then evolves into a slightly larger lizard with a scale on his back that sees a pterodactyl resembling Principal Skinner's mother, Agnes, flying overhead. Homer then evolves into a rat that gets chased by a tyrannosaurus rex resembling Bart, who then gets into a battle with a stegosaurus resembling Lisa. Homer hides in a hole just before a large asteroid crashes on Earth, wiping out all dinosaur life. Homer comes out of the hole, passing the skeletal remains of T-Rex Bart, before changing into a sloth, then a monkey as he approaches a jungle, becoming more apelike upon swinging through the trees. Leaving the jungle, a brief Ice Age occurs as he evolves from a Neanderthal, to a Cro-Magnon, to an upright walking caveman. Caveman Homer passes by Moe (who is also a caveman), who then devolves into a rat creature. As Homer continues walking, he evolves into men from different historical eras (a nomad from the Middle Ages, a Spanish explorer, a Pilgrim, and a 19th century intellectual) until he finally evolves into his modern self and enters the house, stepping over Santa's Little Helper. With the rest of the family sitting on the sofa, Marge asks him "What took you so long?" Homer can only give an exhausted sigh of relief. (This is the longest couch gag to date.) "Homerazzi" JABF06
395 April 22, 2007 repeat of HABF01's gag "Marge Gamer" JABF10
396 April 29, 2007 repeat of HABF15's gag "The Boys of Bummer" JABF11
397 May 6, 2007 repeat of HABF21's gag "Crook and Ladder" JABF13
398 May 13, 2007 The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. Then a second Simpson family crams themselves on the couch. Soon more and more Simpson clones overrun the house, spilling out of the chimney and upstairs windows. Homer can be heard yelling, “Hey, don’t shove!” "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" JABF12
399 May 20, 2007 n/a due to special opening sequence "24 Minutes" JABF14
400 May 20, 2007 n/a due to special opening sequence "You Kent Always Say What You Want" JABF15

Season 19

# Airdate Gag Episode Code
401 September 23, 2007 The entire opening sequence is changed to show a ruined Springfield being rebuilt in the aftermath of The Simpsons Movie. As construction work goes on around them, The Simpsons join Plopper the pig on the couch to the tune of the "Spider Pig" theme. Homer holds him and says "My summer love". "He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's" JABF20
402 September 30, 2007 repeat of JABF06's gag (but this time, Marge's line after Homer enters the living room is "Did you bring the milk?") "The Homer of Seville" JABF18
403 October 7, 2007 The living room is made of Lego bricks and the family members are built one by one out of Legos. Homer can be heard shouting, "Woo-hoo!" when a long black Lego brick (representing a full head of hair) is put on his head, and "D'oh!" when a small black Lego brick (representing his two strands) is placed on his head instead. "Midnight Towboy" JABF21
404 October 14, 2007 The family sits down as normal, except Maggie is missing. Homer looks to the empty space where Maggie is, then gets lifted by a giant Maggie as the camera pulls out to reveal the living room being part of a dollhouse and the family as the dolls that live within. Maggie puts the miniature Homer in her mouth and sucks it like a pacifier. "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" JABF19
405 November 4, 2007 n/a (non-canon) "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" JABF16
406 November 11, 2007 The family (already seated on the couch) appears on the cover of Modern Couch Gag magazine. "Little Orphan Millie" JABF22
407 November 18, 2007 A pair of cartoon hands opens up a book called "The Simpsons" and reveals a pop-up centerfold of the family sitting on the couch. "Husbands and Knives" JABF17
408 November 25, 2007 A magician walks into the living room and uses his cape to make the couch and family members appear. "Funeral for a Fiend" KABF01
409 December 17, 2007 repeat of FABF08's and GABF05's couch gag (but this time Homer says "Weird" instead of "Wow!" or "Cool!") "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" KABF02
410 January 6, 2008 A medieval tapestry (based on the famous Bayeux Tapestry) shows the Flanders family stealing the Simpsons's couch. The Simpsons then sail over to the Flanders' castle, fight them for the couch, and return with the couch and Ned Flanders' chopped corpse. "E Pluribus Wiggum" KABF03
411 January 27, 2008 The Simpsons are sitting perfectly still on the couch. The camera pans out to reveal the words, “Ceci n’est pas une couch gag” (French for "This is not a couch gag") written on the carpet. The camera pans out again to reveal that the couch scene is a painting at a museum. The debutante's mother from “Burns Baby Burns” and a man in a brown suit are staring at the picture. "That 90's Show" KABF04
412 February 17, 2008 A mobile is above the couch. The Simpsons run in and hook themselves onto it. Homer's weight tips the mobile. "Love, Springfieldian Style" KABF05
413 March 2, 2008 Two hands add pegs to a Lite-Brite picture of the family on the couch. The picture lights up and Maggie sucks on her pacifier. "The Debarted" KABF06
414 March 9, 2008 There are five dots on the couch. Professor Frink comes in with an eye dropper and squeezes water on all of the dots, which sprout into sponge doll versions of The Simpsons, except Homer isn't full grown. Professor Frink walks off and comes back with a bucket of water. He splashes it on Homer and Homer sprouts to his normal height. "Dial 'N' for Nerder" KABF07
415 March 30, 2008 In a parody of Chuck Jones's Roadrunner cartoons, Wile E. Coyote (drawn Simpsons-style) paints the couch on the wall of the living room and sneaks off. The Simpsons run in and smack face-first into the wall. Maggie runs in and does the Roadrunner's trademark "Meep, meep!" before speeding off. The rest of the Simpsons peel themselves off the wall and sit on the painted couch, but Homer falls through, leaving a hole in the wall. "Smoke on the Daughter" KABF08
416 April 13, 2008 Light flute music plays as a paintbrush dabs at the empty couch, making Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Maggie appear one by one. "Papa Don't Leech" KABF09
417 April 27, 2008 repeat of KABF03's gag "Apocalypse Cow" KABF10
418 May 4, 2008 repeat of JABF17's gag "Any Given Sundance" KABF11
419 May 11, 2008 repeat of JABF06's gag (with Marge asking Homer "What took you so long?" instead of "Did you bring the milk?" like she did in JABF18's version) "Mona Leaves-a" KABF12
420 May 18, 2008 repeat of HABF19's gag "All About Lisa" KABF13

Couch gags within episodes

Sometimes there is a couch gag during the episode itself, usually during a spoof of the opening sequence.

Airdate Gag Episode Code
October 7, 1993 During the "Thompsons" introduction, the family sits on the couch in their houseboat and a pile of fish falls on them. "Cape Feare" 9F22
December 21, 1997 After everybody of Springfield has taken all the stuff from them, The Simpsons walk to the place where their couch used to be (similar to the couch gag on Itchy & Scratchy & Marge where the family runs in and finds the couch missing) "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" 5F07
May 21, 2000 In an "aborted" couch gag, the family sits wearing Western outfits; the director cuts the scene as Bart is busy on the phone agreeing to do Teen Wolf 3. Lisa complains that she wants to go to bed, asking if there are child labor laws. Homer asks if Marge told her about the laws, and Marge tells him to poop in his hat. Kang and Kodos then show up with useless ballet tickets, asking if they needed them that night. "Behind the Laughter" BABF19
May 1, 2005 Instead of saying "The Simpsons", the announcer says "Three weeks later". Everyone except Bart sits; the overweight Bart arrives late and suffers a heart attack. "The Heartbroke Kid" GABF11

References

  1. ^ Season 10 DVD audio commentary "Viva Ned Flanders"

See also